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A contract to convert some Montgomery Public Schools into charter schools failed to pass at a meeting of the Montgomery County school board this afternoon. The proposed contract was presented by the Montgomery Education Foundation. MEF had received approv…

It’s been one month since an EF-2 tornado ripped through Wetumpka. The storm left widespread damage in parts of the city. We showed you the damage at First Presbyterian Church in the days after the storm. Now, much of the debris and damaged buildi…

Alabama News Network has learned that an escapee from Montgomery has been recaptured. The Alabama Department of Corrections says 48-year-old Fleurette Esmerelda Martin was caught around 7:30 this morning in Birmingham by the Birmingham Police Department. …

The publisher and editor of The Democrat-Reporter newspaper in the Marengo County town of Linden is coming under fire for an editorial he wrote that calls for the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan as a way to clean up politics in Washington. The editorial be…

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On This Day In Music

A 1976
Rolling Stones album bought for £2 at a car boot sale sold for £4,000 at an auction. The 'Black and Blue' LP was signed by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul and Linda McCartney and
George Harrison as well as members of the Rolling Stones. The selle…

The US hair salon where pop star
Britney Spears shaved her head set up a website to auction her hair for more than $1m (£512,500). The website, buybritneyshair.com, claimed to have been set up by salon owner Esther Tognozzi included photos of the hair,…

The Beatles drove through the night from Liverpool to London to appear on the live lunchtime BBC radio program "Parade of the Pops." Performing
'Love Me Do' and 'Please Please Me', the appearance lasted just over 4 minutes. They then drove another 180…

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Troy head coach Chip Lindsey and his staff bolstered the top football signing class in school history with the addition of five players on Wednesday. Troy's 2019 signing class sits at 22 players and is the top-rated class in the Sun Belt Conference.

Troy football head coach Chip Lindsey continued to add to his off-field staff on Monday with the addition of Dayne Brown as director of recruiting and David Faulkner as director of player personnel / high school relations.

Fresh off its third straight 10-win season, Troy football has set its dates for the first spring practice under head coach Chip Lindsey. The Trojans open spring camp on March 19 and will host their annual T-Day Spring Game at noon on April 20 at The Vet.

Troy Athletics will open the doors to The Vet on Wednesday, Feb. 6, for the annual Football National Signing Day Party in the Stadium Club beginning at 6 p.m. Fans can join the celebration of Troy's record signing class and have an opportunity to meet hea…

Troy head football coach Chip Lindsey filled three of his off-field positions Friday with the addition of E.K. Franks as the assistant AD for football operations and SaJason Finley as the head strength and conditioning coach while Jamaal Smith will return…

Troy head football coach Chip Lindsey rounded out his on-field coaching staff on Thursday with the addition of Ray Brown to coach on the defensive side of the football; Lindsey will announce complete staff roles at a later date.